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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 19:48:28 JST Charlie Stross

   The problem is the folks in clown shoes set a climate that attracts competent but evil shitbags, eg. the way Himmler (a jumped-up chicken farmer) ended up with henchmen like Heydrich and Eichmann.
   https://mathstodon.xyz/@SvenGeier/113479911876807144

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 19:54:05 JST Charlie Stross

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     @SvenGeier If you want a contemporary example, just consider the wild success of SpaceX *DESPITE* Elon Musk, which is largely attributable to COO and President Gwynne Shotwell. Now imagine the unambiguously evil equivalent ...

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     Jaime Robertson (jamespadraicr@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 23:26:36 JST Jaime Robertson

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     @cstross Two possibilities for Donnie’s cabinet picks.
     He’s intentionally putting bad choices forward to get rejected, so that he can put in his real, more competent and evil choices.
     Or he thinks he’s casting a new season of The Apprentice, and wants there to be ‘drama’.
     With his cognitive challenges, I doubt it’s the first.